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Imagen de rayos X de 3 colores de Chandra de N 63A

Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out...

Fecha
Jan 1, 2005
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Hubble Space Telescope
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hubblesite-images-2005-15-1701-image
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Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out from the star when it exploded, like shrapnel from a bomb. The colors red, green and blue in the image correspond to low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively. The image is 112 arcsec per side.

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NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.

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About The Object
Object NameLMC N 63A
Object DescriptionSupernova Remnant
R.A. Position05h 35m 42.99s
Dec. Position-66° 2' 31.99"
ConstellationDorado
DistanceThe distance to the LMC is roughly 160,000 light-years (50 kpc).

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